Exodus Preaching by Kenyatta R. Gilbert

Author:Kenyatta R. Gilbert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2018-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

TEXTS FOR CONFRONTING HUMAN TRAGEDY AND COMMUNAL DESPAIR

Below are scriptural passages and themes drawn from the whole counsel of scripture for anchoring one’s preaching and teaching throughout the course of the year. Consider these conspicuous themes that can be extracted from these passages as you prepare the gospel sermon (note the movement from form of injustice to hopeful response or remedy).

Genesis 21:9-21 (Hagar and Ishmael—abandonment, social dominance, helplessness, and promise)

Exodus 8:1; 23:9-12 (Egyptian Bondage—alienation, courage, oppression, and vindication)

Deuteronomy 10:17-22 (The Law—sovereignty, strength, justice, love, and provision)

Nehemiah 5:1-13 (Building during Famine—lack, sacrifice, indebtedness, servitude, intra-cultural violence, and restoration)

Job 24:1-12; 40–42 (Complaints of Violence—uprooting landmarks, property seizure, theft, physical abuse, humility, and satisfaction)

Psalms 22; 23; 37; 73; 82; 91; 103:1-6 (Lament and Celebration—suffering, hostility, emotional distress, trouble, wickedness, trust, patience, protection, provision, mercy, goodness, vindication, and salvation)

Isaiah 40:25-31; 55:1-9 (Concern in Distress—neglect, idolatry, penalty, death, exhaustion, power, strength, and renewal)

Jeremiah 33:1-11 (Punishment and Guilt—death, battle, sin, wickedness, abundance, healing, recovery)

Ezekiel 34:20-26 (False Prophets—greed, deception, unaccountability, apathy, social neglect, judgment, salvation, peace, covenant-keeping, and blessing)

Micah 4:1-4 (Security and War—wicked rulers, lamentation, instruction, fellowship, peace, stability, and prosperity)

Habakkuk 2:1-5; 3:17-19 (Complaint and Woe—violence, surveillance, pride, arrogance, foreign threat, spiritual vision, and righteousness)

Matthew 5:1-11; 25:31-46 (The Beatitudes—poverty, mourning, persecution, kingdom access, comfort, spiritual satiation, heirship, and promised reward)

Mark 8:1-9 (The Famished Multitude—hunger, lack, overpopulation, economically underserved, compassion, obedience, sharing, and plenty)

Luke 4:16-21; 5:12-16, 17-26; 7:18-30 (Anointing, Healing, Discipling—poverty, spiritual captivity, rejection, disease, infirmity, evil spirits, condemnation, doubt, disbelief, salvation, good news for oppressed, healing, forgiveness, and cleansing)

John 5:1-18; 6:1-15 (Reimaging the Sabbath—blindness, paralyzation, suffering, sickness, legalism, condemnation, murder, hunger, lack, healing, miracle, obedience, grace, and power)

Romans 8:18-28; 12:9-21 (Future Hope and True Discipleship—spiritual slavery, orphaning, communal suffering, bondage, pain, freedom, mourning, heirship, adoption, love, affection, and goodness)

Galatians 6:1-10 (Burden Sharing—transgression, temptation, self-deceit, deception, weariness, goodness, sharing, empathy, cooperation, reaping, and sowing)

Hebrews 6:10-20 (Despair and Faith Abandonment—death, disobedience, contempt, curse, perfection, resurrection, spiritual gifts, and harvest)

James 2:1-10 (Human Inequality—greed, parading wealth, favoritism, poverty, evil thoughts, social dishonor, gross materialism, sin, love of neighbor, and accountability)

1 Peter 5:1-11 (Communal Care—social neglect, intergenerational division and strife, pride, anxiety, devil as devouring presence, glory, humility, exhaltation, steadfastness, and faith)

1 John 4:7-21 (False Prophecy and Spiritual Discernment—deception, lies, antichrist, worldliness, entrapment, faith confession, error, awareness, sovereignty, and truth)

Revelation 7:9-17 (God’s Righteous Reign and Eschatalogical Vision—hunger, thirst, death, mourning, fellowship, diversity, salvation, power, blessing, glory, shelter, guidance, and comfort)

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